Description:
Analyzes a wide variety of medieval and early-modern media, including manuscripts, prints, paintings, metalwork, textiles and funerary sculpture
Contextualizes medieval construction of gender identity within the concept of Otherness
Contributes significantly to the fields of art history, medieval and early modern studies, and gender studies
Review Quotes:
"The volume ... summarizes the state of research and outlines the major theoretical issues in considering the intersection of gender, 'otherness, ' and visual culture. ... it should become a desiratum for scholars interested in gender." (Diane Wolfthal, Early Modern Women Journal, Vol. 13 (2), 2019)